Senior Product Manager – Data Platform Foundations

Are you excited by improving how internal platforms help teams discover, access, and use data effectively?

Do you enjoy working across product, engineering, and data communities to remove friction and enable better outcomes?

About our team

At Elsevier, our Data Engineering Foundations team builds the core capabilities that enable engineering and data science teams to experiment, develop, and deliver solutions at pace. Working across product, engineering, architecture, and platform communities, the team provides reliable tooling, trusted data access, and scalable workflows that reduce friction and accelerate delivery.

About the role

As a Senior Product Manager, you will help shape and evolve our internal data and platform capabilities. You will support discovery, delivery, and continuous improvement across platform services, experimentation environments, and shared data access. Working closely with senior product leaders and cross-functional partners, you will turn user needs into clear requirements, drive execution against strategic roadmap priorities, and help ensure our platform delivers measurable impact.

As part of a global organisation committed to advancing science and improving healthcare, you will work in a collaborative environment where innovation is encouraged and individuals are empowered to contribute ideas that make a meaningful difference.

Responsibilities

• Support the discovery and delivery of internal platform capabilities
• Gather feedback from engineers, data scientists, and stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement
• Translate user needs into clear requirements and manage a prioritised product backlog
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver scalable, user-focused solutions
• Improve access to data products and platform services, balancing usability, privacy, and security
• Track product adoption, user feedback, and delivery outcomes to inform continuous improvement
• Support the transition from legacy workflows to simpler, scalable platform solutions
• Contribute to clear communication, onboarding resources, and shared best practices across the user community

Requirements

• Experience in product management, product operations, business analysis, or platform delivery
• Ability to understand user needs and translate them into practical solutions
• Comfortable using data and feedback to guide decision-making
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships across groups
• Well organised, adaptable, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Interest in improving user experience and outcomes for internal teams
• Any exposure to data platforms, experimentation tooling, machine learning workflows, or cloud technologies would be a plus, but is not required
• An understanding of data privacy, security, and responsible data access is advantageous, but not essential

Work in a Way That Works for You 
We promote a flexible and inclusive approach to working, enabling you to balance professional impact with personal priorities. 

Working Pattern 
This role supports flexible working patterns, subject to role requirements and team collaboration needs. 

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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